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For the past few days, Lucas hasn’t been practicing walking a whole lot. I have been letting him take things slowly even though I am eager for him to walk. It really makes things a lot easier for me when I don’t have to worry about what his hands are touching as he crawls around outside. It makes taking Eliot out a lot easier. But, I have let Lucas go at his own pace. And then, tonight, all of the sudden, he started walking, and falling and getting up again, on his own. It was AMAZING!!! He just stood up, not holding onto anything and starting walking!!! He did it several times before I ran to get the camera. So, the video that follows is the end of Lucas walking more than I have ever seen before, and getting up on his own. I am so proud of him 
Lucas took his first steps today. He is still a little reluctant to walk but he tried on his own for the first time today, taking about 6 steps 3 or 4 different times. It is a MAJOR accomplishment because the past few weeks have been a really difficult build up to this breakthrough. I am so happy, I want him to walk because I want him to get through this tough transition. Walking has been something he hasn’t welcomed completely. He has been very stressed out about it. Until today, he wouldn’t even attempt walking unless he was holding onto one of us and even then he was very cautious and the activity was short lived, and usually ended with him throwing himself on the floor in frustration. He enjoys walking with his walking toys but gets angry when he is inhibited by the size of our living room. For the past four days, he has been waking up at 4am screaming and then sleeping the rest of the night with me, as close to me as possible. I am sure he is having serious seperation anxiety linked to aquiring this new skill. I guess it is really emotionally intense for him, to be so independant suddenly, and I really want to help him through this. We haven’t been pushy either, I’ve let him set the pace and have been very patient with him and his frustration with it, I can tell he is sensitive about it and needs to sort it out for himself.
At the same time, Eliot is cutting his 1 year molars on the bottom. I noticed yesterday, these huge teeth, four sharp white points emerging from sore gums.
Other than these growing pains, they are doing really well. They are both focused on talking, they have this elaborate and complex babble. Their favorite thing is still to emphatically shake their head No. They do this all day long, laughing.
